August 12, 1997: El Magic!

Hazem's scoring spree created a poser for statisticians: should his WCC points be counted?

Hazem El Masri was a sensation in 1997: he was named Canterbury’s rookie of the year - despite having made 15 appearances the previous season!

But that was the least of the statistical anomalies. You see, stats boffins could not make up their minds whether to include his World Club Challenge tries.

(Remember, this is before he became known as a prodigiou…